The Harlem Valley train line that runs to our town has a major terminus in Brewster, New York, about 30 minutes south of us. Trains run there more regularly that our Wingdale Station, so we find ourselves down there pretty…
The greenhouse is an ambitious project – it is an entire building you know. So as a baby step we are going to build a couple of cold frames, basically mini-greenhouses. We aren’t going to use any of the recycled…
Between the last few hurricanes and storms there are a lot of fallen trees, and the wood burning stove is our primary source of heat during the winter, so splitting wood is a pretty regular activity around here. No matter…
One of the most exciting things about moving out of the city is space. Our apartment is pretty luxurious by New York standards, a two bedroom at around 1200 square feet. Its enough space to so that our coffee table…
When we originally toured our house with the real estate broker the dining room was lit by a magnificent chandelier of deer antlers. The lamp was unfortunately an heirloom and explicitly excluded from the sale in our purchase contract. So,…
Holidays are back at the Farm and in full effect. My favorite is our collection of vintage christmas bulbs, I’m sure they are colored with the most toxic substances known to man but they look nice. For more…
As the weather has gotten cold we’ve had set up the Guinea’s for the winter. We’ve added a heat lamp to the coop, a water heater, and have been stocking the feeder with a lot more food since they aren’t…
While most of our garden was devastated by bunnies this year, our garlic survived – and thrived. We planted it last September, covering it in old leaves, and it poked through early spring. We ate the scapes at the height…
This year the garden was devastated by rabbits. Within a 48 hour period they wiped out our brussels, spinach, carrots, broccoli, swiss chard, pole beans and snap peas – leaving only our garlic, arugula (no idea why), and onions. The…
We knew they laid eggs, but last year the Guineas didn’t survive long enough to mature to the point that they actually produced eggs. This year they started laying them right around the 4th of July. The flock of 18…